[HIGHLIGHTS] American host Jerry Springer, with sulphurous emissions, died at 79 years old

Jerry Springer died peacefully in Chicago after "a short illness," TMZ reported. It would be pancreatic cancer, diagnosed a few months ago, other sources told TMZ.

Springer found success with The Jerry Springer Show, launched in September 1991, symbol of American "trash TV", which became cult. He ran unsuccessfully for the US Congress in 1970 before being elected mayor of Cincinnati in the state of Ohio, in the north-east of the United States. He ruled this city for a year.